Nice pick up! That's my #1 favorite NZ coin. Still looking for one for my Empire collection. Yours looks UNC to me, by the way.
Visit Black Mountain Coins. It's about a 10 minute drive east of Asheville in the small town of Black Mountain. Best coin shop in the area as far...
I'll be at the Raleigh show.
No, they don't. Kurt, go back and read again. I said nothing about the relative merits of stocks vs. metals vs. any other asset class. You said...
Lol. Those charts have zero to do with what I said.
Nice acquisition. The Sol is a beautiful design, like so many Latin American coins of the time. I have a 1915 (90% silver). Dipped, I'm sure,...
One more thing . . . as a long-time world collector, I've learned to check this kind of information across multiple sources. You'd be surprised...
You may be working off the wrong information. NCG world coin price guide lists the 1937 Australian crown at 37.9mm. I own the 1937, and it is,...
Duh. By far most buy EVERYTHING when it's up and sell when it's down. The "average joe" invests with his emotions, chasing returns and buying...
That's the challenge with coin storage — finding a balance between protection and accessibility. That said, as someone else suggested, if you...
No. Make the hobby whatever you want it to be. No two collectors have exactly the same tastes. And besides, over time your tastes will probably...
Solid coin. I like it.
As Kurt said, the price of gold is controlled neither by coin collectors nor by hoarders preparing for an impending economic apocalypse. Gold is...
Acetone removes the organic gunk that builds up in/around the devices on a circulated coin; to my knowledge, type of metal is irrelevant to...
Not exactly, because the tax is a percentage of the profit, not the full sale price of the coin. Still, point taken. Been a while since I heard...
Or maybe I need to put this location under surveillance. The Coin Star machine is easily visible from the produce section, so I'll just slip into...
I've been checking the Coinstar machine at my local supermarket since this thread started. To date . . . nada. What am I doing wrong? :D
Oh wow. That one has issues.
And yet you can't resist returning again and again. What gives? :D
You're a smart man. I left Ohio about the same time for NC. Haven't missed it for a second.
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